Court Lifts Ban On Candidate's Literature

LAKE IN THE HILLS — Scott Berg, Lake in the Hills village president candidate, is back distributing a controversial campaign flier that contains doctored photographs.

Judge Michael Sullivan lifted a restraining order blocking Berg from using the flier, which shows a plane flying dangerously close over a house in Lake in the Hills.

Berg defended the image, saying it was meant to prove the point that if the Lake in the Hills Airport is expanded, there would be more planes flying over residents' homes.

Robert Crowley, owner of the plane in the picture, took issue with Berg's use of the snapshot. Crowley had asked that Berg be forbidden to continue distributing the campaign literature, and a judge imposed the restraining order more than a week ago.

Berg, a village trustee seeking the village's top spot, said he and his attorney were waiting to see whether Crowley proceeds with further legal action against him.